harrow
v.
break up and level plowed ground by means of a harrow; bother, harass
n.
agricultural tool with spikes or disks for breaking up and leveling plowed ground earth
Harrow
harrow
Noun
1. a cultivator that pulverizes or smoothes the soil
(hypernym) cultivator, tiller
(hyponym) disk harrow, disc harrow
(derivation) disk
Verb
1. draw a harrow over (land)
(synonym) disk
(hypernym) plow, plough, turn
(classification) farming, agriculture, husbandry
Harrow
n.
Harrow
Harrow
(v. t.)
To pillage; to harry; to oppress.
(n.)
To draw a harrow over, as for the purpose of breaking clods and leveling the surface, or for covering seed; as, to harrow land.
(n.)
To break or tear, as with a harrow; to wound; to lacerate; to torment or distress; to vex.
(n.)
An obstacle formed by turning an ordinary harrow upside down, the frame being buried.
(n.)
An implement of agriculture, usually formed of pieces of timber or metal crossing each other, and set with iron or wooden teeth. It is drawn over plowed land to level it and break the clods, to stir the soil and make it fine, or to cover seed when sown.
(interj.)
Help! Halloo! An exclamation of distress; a call for succor;-the ancient Norman hue and cry.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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